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Prescription Drug Abuse / PSA Video. From the public domain. Most people take medicines only for the reasons their doctors prescribe them. But an estimated 20 percent of people in the United States have used prescription drugs for nonmedical reasons. This is prescription drug abuse. It is a serious and growing problem. Abusing some prescription drugs can lead to addiction. You can develop an addiction to: Narcotic painkillers Sedatives and tranquilizers Stimulants Experts don’t know exactly why this type of drug abuse is increasing. The availability of drugs is probably one reason. Doctors are prescribing more drugs for more health problems than ever before. Online pharmacies make it easy to get prescription drugs without a prescription, even for youngsters. Some people experiment with prescription drugs because they think they will help them have more fun, lose weight, fit in, and even study more effectively. Prescription drugs can be easier to get than street drugs: Family members or friends could have a prescription. But prescription drugs are also sometimes sold on the street like other illegal drugs. A 2006 National Survey on Drug Use and Health showed that among all youths aged 12 to 17, 6% had tried prescription drugs for recreational use in the last month. Why? Some people think that prescription drugs are safer and less addictive than street drugs. After all, these are drugs that moms, dads, and even kid brothers and sisters use. To Angie, taking her brother’s …

Question by Gruntled Employee: why is it called “drug abuse”?
this seems to me to imply that the drugs can be used unabusively, i.e. properly. but I would strongly disagree with that statement. Those drugs can never be used unabusively, so what’s with the name?

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Answer by Girly Q
Some drugs, e.g; can be used properly, and cocaine even in itself is found in some drugs that surgeons use.

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Question by jsprplc2006: Why isn’t “responsible drug abuse” legal?
Here’s my story.

I was prescribed Dexedrine in high school for depression and drowsiness. It worked very well, but I had to change psychiatrists (my previous doctor specialized in pediatric psychiatry, so I now had an adult psychiatrist), and the new one was reluctant to prescribe me more once I was in college. I’m not sure why, since I never had the slightest problem with dependence; nothing negative happened as a result of it.

So I found a different source for the same drug. It’s now pretty well self-prescribed, and I have been using it over the last 4 years while I earned my B.Sc. in Honors Physics.

Still, it has never caused problems for me. I probably take about 15 pills per semester, which averages out to about 1 pill per week. That’s nearly nothing, and definitely not showing any signs that it’s causing me problems (as evidenced by the advanced science degree earned at the same time).

I really would rather get this drug from a doctor though. I think it’s a shame that there are selfish people out there who go way overboard and take what is really a safe drug, when used responsibly with the appropriate knowledge about the substance. Kind of makes me angry they need to ruin it for the rest of us.

I don’t use it to get “high”. I don’t use it to stay up for ridiculous amounts of time. I have clinical depression, and although I’m on Prozac and Provigil, every once in a while I get in a bit of a depressive mood, and also have some work I need to get done. I take one Dexedrine, I feel much better, my mind is clear, and I can get back to work.

No doctor would see this as a drug habit. I get good grades, hang out with very nice respectable people, I’ve never touched a cigarette, or marijuana, and as far as alcohol goes, I drink maybe once a month, and never to the point of being drunk.

Still, I don’t know if I’ll be able to get my doctor to write me a prescription for it. I’ve never explicitly asked him, since I fear he might immediately see it as ‘drug-seeking behavior’, which it kind of is. I’m seeking drugs in the same sense that someone with a chainsaw wound seeks morphine.

What do you think my chances are if I’m just right upfront with my doctor and say “Hey, I don’t take very much of it, I never use it to stay awake for silly amounts of time, I’ve never take more than the prescribed dose, and it is very helpful for me when I’m a bit down(depressed, remember), and need something to cheer me up so I can keep up with the hectic schedule of a physics grad student.
And it just occurred to me, the title isn’t quite right.

It’s not drug abuse – I use it for it’s intended purpose, and never develop a habit. If someone were to suddenly cut off my supply, I could easily just stop taking it without any kind of withdrawal symptoms whatsoever.

It’s just self-directed proper use.

The law, unfortunately, calls this abuse, since there are an abundance of idiots who can’t control their own use of such a drug without going off the deep end.
Yes, Rar K, I suppose that might have been a bit harsh.

Some people do have a predisposition to addiction, but after their first experience with the drug (hopefully under legal and innocent pretenses), there was a point where they were lucid enough to realize that this could be a problem for then. Those who then decide to take another – those are the idiots.

Granted, it’s very hard to quite once you’re addicted, but it’s not difficult at all to use some self discipline and prevent it from being a problem, by not taking it again after the first try.

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Answer by Joseph Shmo
No one is going to read all of that.

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